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Community Engagement Liaisons (CELs) Program

CELs are experienced City of Portland-trained civic activists, fluent in English, who are available to assist City public involvement programs with interpretation and facilitation services.

Many communities are represented in the CEL program:

Arabic-speaking male and female community elder or activist

English-speaking activist in our communities of Portlanders with disabilities, including ASL

Karen-speaking Karen or Burmese elder or activist

Nepali-speaking Bhutanese elder or activist

Pan-Pacific Islander activist, Chuuk-speaking elder

Pan-West African activist

Russian-speaking Russian elder or activist

Somali-speaking female and male elder or activist

Spanish-speaking Mexican elders

Thai-speaking elder

Ukrainian-speaking Ukrainian elder or activist

Zomi elder or activist, who also speaks Burmese

Everyone should have access to information on decisions that impact our community and the opportunity to engage in the City’s public involvement efforts. Early and meaningful public involvement is a key to compliance with our Civil Rights Title VI plan. If your outreach need is public participation; if your project goal includes engaging minority-language-speaking neighbors, please contact us.